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Desert Diamond and Lumineer showed out when the horses were exercised here on Tuesday (Oct. 13) morning. Inner sand: 600m: Black Thunder (Gore) 38. Moved well. 800m: Lumineer (Peter), Golden Heart (S.J. Sunil) 49, 600/36. Former moved well and finished two lengths ahead. Frenzy (app), Bezalel (N.B. Kuldeep) 51, 600/38. They moved level freely. Tranquila…
Representative image. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStokephoto Two Maldivian pilots employed by flydubai have been arrested by UAE police in connection with an alleged attempt by an Omani co-pilot to hijack and crash a Dubai-Tel Aviv flight, in which Indian Captain Smit Machchhar was injured while foiling the suspected plot, according to media reports. The…
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The head of Hezbollah’s Executive Council, Ali Damoush, addresses a press conference in the southern suburbs of Beirut on October 13, 2026. File | Photo Credit: AFP Hezbollah announced on Tuesday (October 13, 2026) an aid programme for Lebanese who lost their homes in the war with Israel, with benefits capped at $14,000 per household,…
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday (October 13, 2026) said the RBI will continue its efforts to prevent excessive volatility in the rupee, which has depreciated “very significantly” over the past year and a half. She said the rupee has reached a low against the U.S. dollar mainly due to global uncertainties, even though…
Stock markets rebounded sharply on Tuesday (October 13, 2026), with the benchmark Sensex rallying 1,109 points and the Nifty closing above 22,720, bolstered by a rally in IT, financial and FMCG shares, recovery in the rupee and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s remark on LTCG tax. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 1,109.10 points, or 1.54%, to…
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The Southern Railway (SR) is all set to strip the South Coastal Railway’s (SCoR) distinction of having the longest loop lines in the country soon, with the creation of a second track between Aduthurai and Sundaraperumal Kovil on the main line section. Inquiries reveal that as of now, the South Coastal Railway has two longest…
Students protest outside a hostel after a first-year student of the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) was found dead in Ranch, on October 11, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI The Ministry of Education announced on Tuesday (October 13, 2026) that it has formed a three-member committee to examine the death of a student at…
Image used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Reuters The rupee strengthened for the third straight session on Tuesday (October 13, 2026) and appreciated 40 paise to close at 95.38 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar, supported by various RBI measures aimed at reducing spot dollar demand and curbing excessive positioning in the foreign exchange…
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Football fans who came to witness the Indian Super League (ISL) football match between Kerala Blasters FC and KTK FC at Nehru Stadium in Kochi on October 20, 2019. File | Photo Credit: H. Vibhu Published – October 13, 2026 05:00 pm IST Source link
The ICC’s marquee 50-over tournament will be jointly hosted by South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia, from October 2, 2027, to November 21, 2027. File | Photo Credit: ICC The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday (October 13, 2026) said it had received more than 1.5 crore ticket applications from 142 countries since the ticket ballot…
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